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Title Surveillance valley : the rise of the military-digital complex / Yasha Levine
Imprint New York : PublicAffairs, [2018]

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Descript 384 pages
Note Includes bibliographical references and index
"Starting in the early 1960s, there was fear in America about the proliferation of computer database and networking technologies. People worried that these systems were going to be used by both corporations and governments for surveillance and control. Indeed, the dominant cultural view at the time was that computers were tools of repression, not liberation -- and that included the ARPANET, the military research network that would grow into the Internet we use today. Surveillance Valley starts in the past, but moves into the present, looking at the private surveillance business that powers much of Silicon Valley and the overlap between the Internet and the military-industrial complex. It also investigates and uncovers the close ties that exist between U.S. intelligence agencies and the anti-government privacy movement that has sprung up in the wake of Edward Snowden's leaks. The Internet was developed as a weapon, and remains a weapon today. American military interests continue to dominate all parts of the network, even those that supposedly stand in opposition."--Provided by publisher
Subject Electronic surveillance -- United States
Internet -- History
Civil-military relations -- United States
Military research -- United States -- History
ARPANET (Computer network) -- History
Domestic intelligence -- United States
Subculture -- United States -- History
Internet -- Political aspects
Privacy, Right of
Intelligence service -- United States -- History
ARPANET (Computer network)
Civil-military relations.
Domestic intelligence.
Electronic surveillance.
Intelligence service.
Internet.
Internet -- Political aspects.
Military research.
Privacy, Right of.
Subculture.
United States
mass surveillance
History.
Classmark 355.3/4320285
Add Title Rise of the military-digital complex
ISBN/ISSN 9781610398022 (hardcover)
1610398025
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